Online registration will close on Saturday, but in-person registration and packet pickup will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Fleet Feet store located at 2624 Broadway.

Day-of registration will be open from 3:30 to 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at the starting line, but fees increase to $25 for kids ages 2 to 11 and $30 for adults.

Following the race, participants and spectators are invited to take in a live performance by That Eighties Band who will be taking part in the Bands on the Bricks concert series on the 1300 block of Pearl Street. The show is expected to begin around 7 p.m.

The Pearl Street Mile is the second race in the three-part Downtown Boulder Race Series, following June's West End 3K and proceeding the East End 2K, scheduled for Aug. 10.

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